Chapter 5 – Study Cards

Where did Washington spend a cold, harsh winter?
a.  Trenton
b.  Valley Forge
c.  New York
d.  Philadelphia / Pittsburgh grew up in the area around what fort?
a.  Lake Erie
b.  Delaware River
c.  Fort Pitt
d.  Fort Necessity
In what year did the British and the Americans sign the Treaty of Paris?
a.  1776
b.  1777
c.  1783
d.  1793 / A regiment is part of a?
a.  state
b.  army
c.  battle
d.  treaty
When the colonies had their first Continental Congress, Pennsylvania sent?
a.  7 representatives
b.  7 acts
c.  7 declarations
d.  700 dollars / After what battle did British General Cornwallis surrender?
a.  Yorktown
b.  Trenton
c.  Valley Forge
d.  Philadelphia
In 1814, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen gathered citizens to defend?
a.  Philadelphia
b.  Washington, DC
c.  New York
d.  Erie / At first, George Washington’s army was?
a.  small and poorly trained
b.  larger than the British army
c.  better trained that the British army
d.  made up of Hessians
In 1778, the American army received help from?
a.  Germany
b.  Mexico
c.  France
d.  Spain / Patriots were?
a.  loyal to England
b.  British soldiers
c.  In favor of high taxes
d.  Against the unfair control of the colonies
The Whiskey Rebellion took place because farmers were angry about?
a.  a British Tax on whiskey
b.  a United States tax on whiskey
c.  a law about drinking alcohol / As a result of the Second Continental Congress?
a.  the Stamp Act was repealed
b.  the Declaration of Independence was written
c.  the Townshend Acts were repealed
d.  fighting broke out in Lexington and Concord
A meeting people have to discuss ideas or problems is?
a.  government
b.  congress
c.  declaration
d.  petition / Great Britain tried to raise money in the American colonies by?
a.  extra work
b.  stamps
c.  new taxes
d.  land
Philadelphia was the capital of the United States until?
a.  1771
b.  1800
c.  1856
d.  1900 / In 1777, British troops captured?
a.  York
b.  Lancaster
c.  Trenton
d.  Philadelphia
Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British on?
a.  Lake Erie
b.  Lake Superior
c.  Lake Huron
d.  Lake Michigan / Pennsylvania played an important part in the Revolutionary War, and was sometimes called the?
a.  Keystone State
b.  Revolutionary State
c.  Regiment State
d.  Frontier State
At the Constitution Convention, Benjamin Franklin led the group from?
a.  New York
b.  Pennsylvania
c.  Virginia
d.  Massachusetts / When our country’s constitution was written the United States had?
a.  7 states
b.  13 states
c.  24 states
d.  50 states
Give two reasons why the colonists were angry with the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act.
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How did the state of Pennsylvania get more people to move into western Pennsylvania?
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List 3 ways that Pennsylvania helped out during the War for Independence.
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